# Physical Therapist Assistant - Full Time

**Company**: Sanford Health
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $24.00 - $38.50
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.

As a Physical Therapist Assistant, you will assist patients/residents/clients with therapy activities and exercises scheduled in a treatment plan, under the supervision of a physical therapist, to improve patients'/residents'/clients' quality of life and ability to perform daily activities.

**Responsibilities**

- Provides, monitors and records therapy services to patients/residents/clients with physical, cognitive, developmental impairments, in line with related standard concepts, practices and procedures.

- Selects, implements, and makes modifications to therapeutic activities and interventions that are consistent with demonstrated competency levels, patient's/resident's/client's goals, and the requirements of the practice setting and/or state licensure.

- Contributes to this process by exchanging information with and providing documentation to the physical therapist about the patient's/resident's/client's responses to and communications during intervention.

- Responsible for being knowledgeable about the patient's/resident's/client's targeted physical therapy outcomes and for providing information and documentation related to outcome achievement.

- Follows and adheres to accepted clinical practice guidelines of professional organization.

**Requirements**

- Appropriate education level required in accordance with state licensure.

- Must be a graduate through an approved American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) program as a Physical Therapist Assistant.

- Must be licensed as a Physical Therapist Assistant in the state(s) of practice.

- Conforms to the supervision and licensing standards of the state(s) where services are provided.

- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required within six months of employment.

**Benefits**

- Collaborative and supportive team environment

- Dedicated on-site Therapy Supervisor

- Professional growth and work-life balance

- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on a patient's quality of life

- Strong collaboration with other departments

- Diverse patient population

- Clinical experts and mentors available to provide support

- Fun and skilled driven treatments

- OP services, benefits, yearly merit raises and many perks

## Skills

### Required
- Physical Therapy
- Patient Care
- Therapy Services
- American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)
- Basic Life Support (BLS)

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